Safety device for firearms



Dec. 19, 1950 \H. P. HANSEN 2,534,514

SAFETY DEVICE FOR FIREARMS Filed April 14, 1948 INVENTOR.HA/VSR/iI/VSE/V A TTOR/VEX Patented Dec. 19, 1950 n l i...

' s FETY DEVICE FOR FIREARMS Hans P. Hansen, Bronx, N.

appiicatidli Apt-i114, 1948, Serial No. 20,972

1 Claim.

,This invention relates to a new and useful improvement in safetydevices for firearms and more especially for shotguns.

It too often happens that when a party is hunting someone in said partygets hurt or killed due to the fact that the safety means, which issupposed to prevent the movement of the trigger, when the gun is not inuse, has by forgetfulness not been applied, or by mistake withdrawn,with the result that serious accidents happen.

Then again, quite often a hunter misses an opportunity to deliver, orfire a shot that would have been sure to bring down the game hunted,just because the safety look was applied to the trigger when in fact thehunter thought it had been released.

The safety device now conventionally used on all makes of shotgunsconsists of a sliding mechanism, inserted through an elongated aperturein the upper part of the guns lock-housing, and is so arranged that itslower extension meets the upper extension of the trigger plate proper,when the safety device is set at safe, and thus prevents the triggerfrom releasing the cooked hammer and thereby the firing of the gun. Theupper part of said safety device is constructed as a catch orlatch-button which is manually operated by the gunner at will; but thefact that the safety in this case depends upon the memory or careexhibited by the respective user of a loaded gun is what makes theconventional safety device unsafe and dangerous. With this invention thegun can only be fired when the gun-butt plate is thrown into contactwith the shoulder of the gunner.

With the above and other objects in view, this invention consists of thenovel features of con struction, combination and arrangement of parts,herein after fully described, claimed and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings forming part of this application, and in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in allviews, and in which:

Figure 1 is a longitudinal side View of my invention, partly inelevation, and partly in section.

Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1, but showing further details ofconstruction.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, Ill

indicates the gun stock, in which my device is housed; ll indicates theconventional safety lock inserted through an elongated aperture in theupper part of the guns lock-housing, not further described herein, asthis is a conventional arrangement; ['2 indicates the also conventionalpart by which said safety lock is operated; the said part I 2 may,however, be omitted in any new construction; I3 indicates theconventional trigger, while no elaboration is thought necessary inregard to the said conventional parts and their relative arrangement, mydevice lies substantially in the gun stock.

The gun stock In is having the bore M, which is adapted to have slidingtherein the rod [5; a member 40 is by a swivel connection 4! secured tothe rod I5 and adapted for adjustment relative to the latter; saidmember 40 is connected to the safety look I l At the other end of therod IS the latter is provided with a second swivel connection 42 forattaching said rod [5 to a short portion 43. whereby to obtainhorizontal adjustment of the rod; the portion 43 is in turn connected tothe shaft 48 in any suitable manner.

A shoulder contact 53 is mounted in a housing 63, a bracket 64 isattached to the lower end of the housing and secured to the gun stockand housing by a screw 65; a spring 56 is mounted on the shaft 48, awasher 5'! abuts the other end of the spring and rests against anenlargement 58 of the shoulder contact 53.

The shoulder contact 53 is pivoted in the housing, as shown at 66, a pin59 is fastened through the shaft 48 to the shoulder contact 53.

The bracket 84 is at its upper end formed with an enlarged opening 68,whereby to permit sufiicient play for the shaft 48 during operation.

A lug 6| is pivotally secured within the housing as at 10, a recess IIis formed at the bottom of the shoulder contact 53, so that when in aninclining position the lug Bl will drop into said recess II, and therebylock the shoulder contact, and thus prevent the safety mechanism frombeing released.

By holding the gun in a substantially horizontal or shooting position,the lug 6| will rest against a stud 12; when, however, the gun islowered to the ground, or in a vertical position, the lug 6! will, dueto gravity, also drop down to a vertical position, resting against astud 13, thereby preventing the shoulder contact 53 from pushin theshaft 48 forward to release the trigger, thus leaving the gun in lockedposition.

I claim as my invention:

In a device of the class described, a gun stock, a shoulder contactpivoted in a housing, a bracket attached to the lower end of saidhousing, a screw securing said bracket to the housing and the gun stock,a spring mounted on a shaft, said spring abutting at one end a bracketand at the 9 Q other end a washer the latter resting against anenlargement of the shoulder contact, a pin through ujje: shaft andshoulder contact, the bracket being provided with anenlarged openinadaptedto ieceive said shaft, a lug pivotally arranged. within thehousing, a stud idisposed within the latter'ja'nd adapted to ajrrestithemotion of said lug when in horizontal position, the shoulder contacthaving a recess at thehottom thereof, a second-stud the latter beingmounted in said recess, said lug being in vertical position adapted toengage Said second stud in locking the shoulder contact, therebypreventing the safety mechanism from being released.

HANS P. HANSEN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

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